A beloved friend, Pat Gohn, who produces the podcast Among Women, suggested Audrey Assad’s new CD Fortunate Fall. Pat’s recommendation couldn’t have come at a better time–I needed to hear Audrey’s music, especially track #6, I shall Not Want. That composition comes from the Litany of Humility, a prayer I cling to. Litany of [Read More…]

Love is a direction and not the state of the soul. ~Simone Weil The experience of being loved and in loving draws me forward, into the world, into God. It restores peace and quites turmoil. Love is the direction that returns me to the heart of who I am. (Why Equus Passage…) [Read more…]

In all things, practice the art of being well-pleasing to God.

Margaret Rose Realy

Margaret Rose Realy, Obl OSB, is a lay hermit, advanced master gardener with over thirty-five years experience in the green industry, and offers presentations, workshops, and retreats. She is the coordinator emeritus of the St. Francis Retreat Center Garden Society in DeWitt, Michigan, a monthly columnist at CatholicMom.com and blogs about gardening and spirituality at Patheos.com.

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